I DON'T NEED A RECEIPT!!!

[underpants]

Someone needs to get word to Al Gore and the fine folks who are trying desperately to save our planet.

Seriously they need to start asking IF we want a receipt-not just for the eco-friendly part of it but THE BILLS AND THEN COINS BALANCING ACT IS BAD ENOUGH

CAN'T THEY SEE THAT I HAVE MY WALLET IN MY OTHER HAND?!?!?

I DON'T NEED A FREAKIN' RECEIPT FOR A SALAD AND A SLICE OF PIZZA, IF I DID DON'T YOU THINK I WOULD ASK FOR IT?AND (looks over at bagger) AND THEY DON'T EACH NEED AN INDIVIDUAL PLASTIC BAG!!!

They just love me at the grocery store. :loveya:

[wtmusic]

1. Bad day today?

Sheesh UP, the next customer is going to yell at them for not asking.

Just sayin'.

[underpants]

7. Hmm? Who? What? ME?!?!?

:hi:

No I just noticed that this weekend. I just got a reuseable coffee filter and of course...they handed me a receipt for it.

[DS1]

2. Yeah, baggers in general are some stupid fucks

[underpants]

4. My first actual job

at the Winn-Dixie. They actually taught us how to do it. Now I get home and find (not kidding) a two-liter of coke in its own bag. :eyes:

I usually tell them "I want __ bags and that is it" those brains just start cooking looking from the items...to the bags...back to the items....

[JerseygirlCT]

6. There is one older guy (93!) at our grocery store who is AMAZING

Truly. I usually pack myself, b/c I do a much better job. But this guy? I don't even attempt to interfere. I tell him I'll back out of the way and let a master work.

We use the re-usable bags, and they're strong and square and fairly roomy -- you can fit a ton in them if you pack correctly. This guy just sees every inch of space, calculates what's there to pack, and... a miracle.

So not all baggers are like that. He's a sweetheart, and takes a lot of pride in what he does. I'll look for him every time, and even put up with some of the bad cashiers just to chat with him.

[Evoman]

25. Too many.

I use cloth bags (made from recycled materials), specifically because I want to avoid using plastic bags. The grocery store I bought them at is pretty cool, and the baggers know how to use them (they have a big campaign--they sell the bags cheap, and they know how to pack them).

But when I take the bags to another grocery store...oy vey. Last time I went to another grocery store, the bagger boy's brain almost blew up. He actually ended up taking some of my cleaning products and meat, putting them in plastic bags, THEN PUT THEM IN MY CLOTH BAG. I was astounded by that level of stupidity. I told him it was okay, just stick the meat in there, they are washeable and he STILL did it. There is training, and their is mindless automation.

[MindPilot]

26. Kind of a harsh generalization there of the low-wage workers

that we as progressives purport to care so much about, doncha think?

[DS1]

27. Not at all

Just apply some common sense, common even in the lowest denomination, and you'll figure it out. Especially since a lot of them are high-schoolers.

[MindPilot]

28. Yes, for many it is their first job; they are new to the workforce.

While they may be inexperienced and possibly even immature, that doesn't make them stupid.

If you are 35 and still sackin' groceries for a living, then there might be a problem. But even at that they are still members of the workforce who are providing a service for you and deserve respect.

[Marr]

30. Huh?

They're just people doing a job. I've never noticed any particular lack of brainpower.

And anyone who works with the public is going to er on the side of caution, and just give you whatever is most likely to cause no problem. It's easier to give out 100 receipts to people who don't care about them than it is to listen to a person bitch for 10 minutes about how they didn't get the damn receipt they were expecting.

[MindPilot]

35. Thank you!!

[JerseygirlCT]

3. For a coke. At a drive-through.

I've been thinking just the same thing. Are you people really going to forget I've bought something between the pay station and the pick-up station?

And I cannot stand the coins on top of bills thing, either. If a receipt is necessary, put it in the bag, then hand me the coins, then the bills. You'll get me out of there faster, and the line will move along better. Otherwise, I'm going to stand right there while I sort out the mess you gave me and get it tucked away in my wallet.

I share your peeve.

[underpants]

5. THANK YOU

:hi:

[NeedleCast]

8. I don't mind the occasional receipt

but the bag thing has been an issue lately. I rarely buy more than 1 or 2 bags of groceries at a time. My local Safeway recently "ran out" of paper bags so I ended up having to get plastic. I bought about a dozen items (large jug of OJ, 2-liter grape soda, few canned goods, couple of TV dinners, bag of chips, loaf of bread). I ended up with six bags.

[JerseygirlCT]

10. If I've forgotten the reusable ones, and that happens, I'll stand

there and repack them into the one bag it takes.

Hopefully something sinks in from that. But either way, I don't need 6 bags!

[NeedleCast]

22. I hear ya

I'm a 260 pound dude. It should be pretty easy for most people to figure out that I can carry a two liter soda AND two cans of green beans in a single bag. However, it would seem that there are some baggers who can not distinguish me from my 102 pound grand-mother.

[MindPilot]

34. What is going to sink in is that you are being a

self-important jerk while you hold everyone else up as you re-pack your groceries into one bag.

You know what happens to those five bags you left behind? Most likely they go in the trash, especially if they had fresh meat in them--they can't be re-used because they are now unsanitary.

And there is no one at the bag factory who is going yell "hey make five fewer bags!" they will still make the bags whether you use them or not.

Want to make a law prohibiting the manufacture of plastic shopping bags? Now, that would make sense.

[wakeme2008]

9. slowly step back from that keyboard....

:rofl:

[mikeytherat]

11. Mitch Hedberg on receipts:

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut. I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, "Don't even act like I didn't buy a doughnut, I've got the documentation right here. Oh, wait. It's in my file at home, under 'D'".

mikey_the_rat

[AspenRose]

18. This sounds like my husband

"To some skeptical friend, "Don't even act like I didn't buy a doughnut, I've got the documentation right here. Oh, wait. It's in my file at home, under 'D'"".


He saves EVERY SINGLE RECEIPT. EVERY SINGLE ONE. I didn't know this about him before we got married. Imagine the fire hazard that is my house that I have to try to keep clean, with a toddler and waddling around pregnant. Like I don't have other things to do.... :mad:

[lies and propaganda]

29. we dont need to bring ink and paper into this!

I love when i get handed flyers I instantly think 'here, you throw this away...'

He was too funny RIP

[DS1]

12. btw, I just printed this thread

:P

[underpants]

13. Save the planet

PLEASE don't choke on it

:grr:


:hi:

[RedEarth]

14. I fully understand .......

One of my pet peeves is "no problem".

That seems to be the standard response from cashiers.

I guess I'm old school and almost always say thank you after a cashier hands me my change. As a result of being old school, I find it somewhat odd when their response is "no problem". I wonder what happened to "your welcome". Especially, if someone has just made a purchase.

Needless to say, if someone has gone over and above the normal routine then I could somewhat understand "no problem". However, even then,
"I'm glad I could help", might be better.

Obviously, I'm from a different generation from those who have substituted "no problem" for "your welcome".

[underpants]

17. :-)

I don't go around screaming and yelling at the grocery store people. I do stop them before we even start and tell them

[RedEarth]

21. I fully agree with your OP

I was just saying one of my pet peeves is the "no problem" response I get from cashiers. I edited my post to better reflect my thoughts.

...lol...the wonderful world of internet forums.....lol

[Marr]

32. You are ambling out of Old School and into the land of Crotchety.

Better watch it. :)

[MindPilot]

37. Probably standing there counting pennies one by one

from the little clamshell change purse. :D

[MindPilot]

15. I think in many locales, the receipt is required by law.

So maybe the law needs to change, but that said I think receipts are small potatoes.

You wanna help somebody? QUIT LEAVING A NEW GODDAMN PHONE BOOK ON MY DOORSTEP EVERY COUPLE MONTHS!!!

Who uses phone books any more? I take mine, still in their double plastic bags, straight to the recycle bin.

A few months ago, they did a phone book delivery on the one day this year that it rained. As I walked around the next day, there were boxes and boxes of wet, unusable phone books sitting out front of almost every business.

My other pet peeve waste are those fucking rolling billboards. Trucks with a billboard on the back that just drive around. If I don't already know about your product or service, having your advertisement blocking my view of traffic at a light sure as hell isn't going to motivate me to buy it.

[Xenotime]

16. Whatever happened to this "paperless" society we were promised?

[MindPilot]

19. It went the same way as "computers are going to give us more leisure time".

and "electricity too cheap to meter".

[WinkyDink]

20. Like the late, great Mitch Hedberg said.......(Oops! Mikeytherat scooped me!)

This one's for you, Mikeytherat:

http://the-big-ticket.blogspot.com/2005/04/lets-not-bring-ink-paper-into-this.html

[Tulum_Moon]

23. I think there is a law.

They HAVE to give you one.

[WinkyDink]

24. I just wanted to mention Mitch H.

[uppityperson]

31. I'm concerned about your BIG font too, wasting fontage like that

Save the Fontages too. What I hate is when they hand me the receipt, with change on it, bills then coins, which slide all over. They love me for asking them to please give me the coins first so they don't slide and drop and roll all over tying up their line while we search for the last penny that went somewhere and no, I don't need a bag for the apple I bought since I am going to eat it NOW!

What with scanners, I like receipts because yes, I find mistakes.

[Marr]

33. So put your receipt in the recycle bin, Captain Planet!

Problem solved.

[SoCalDem]

36. Receipts are to keep the employee honest, and for inventory control these days

If they do not GIVE (or offer) you a receipt, they could get fired.. I know it's annoying, but they are just following company policy..

and


who knows?

maybe they overcharged you or charged you double, and when you sat down to your meal, you might glance at it and notice it.

That has happened to us at a restaurant before. One time the waitress even gave us someone else's bill, and had I not looked closely, I would have never realized it :)